Here are a few pictures from Evergreen Community Orchestra’s Sunday concert. The music included:

What’s Up at the Symphony? (Bugs Bunny’s Greatest Hits)
Star Trek Through the Years
Harry Potter
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314 (aka The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss Jr.)
The Game of Thrones
A Tribute to John Williams

Today’s Old Testament mass reading, Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 really struck me. With all of the strife, violence and discord going on in the world today, both on our shores and across the world, this seemed very apropos:
How long, O LORD? I cry for help
but you do not listen!
I cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not intervene.
Why do you let me see ruin;
why must I look at misery?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and clamorous discord.
Then the LORD answered me and said:
Write down the vision clearly upon the tablets,
so that one can read it readily.
For the vision still […] Continue Reading…

Here’s my recap of my process of upgrading my Ibanez Artcore Expressionist AM93 semihollowbody guitar with new RMC Pow’r Bridge ‘G’ pickups in the bridge along with the Poly-Drive 1 electronics module and all new control wiring.
Watch The Video

Overview
The synth access equipped guitars on the market, for example such as those available from Godin (LGX-SA and LGXT-SA) or Carvin (Frank Gambale FG1) were very attractive to me but cost more than I wanted to spend on a guitar. Besides I love working on things so I decided to do this upgrade myself and document what I did in case anyone […] Continue Reading…

This is lesson DB-14 “How to Use the Metronome”, and is a continuation of my journal of things I have learned as an adult double bass student.

See the video for a few pointers about using the metronome.

Be sure to check out my Double Bass Lessons page for a complete list of all of my lessons!

Getting used to practicing with a metronome is really important. It will help improve your rhythmic abilities and improve your consistency of playing at a given tempo. And the more you practice with a metronome, you will find that you start hearing a metronome in […] Continue Reading…

Like I said, as I get the time to put these together I will share them with you. Today’s chord du jour is the F major shape bar chord which has its root note on the second string, the E string as shown in the diagram below. Have fun strumming!